More than 2,500 U.S. Marines are on the Central Coast training at Fort Hunter Liggett as part of a pre-deployment training before they head out to sea later this summer.The Marines brought out all their heavy equipment, aircraft, and artillery. VIDEO: Inside Fort Hunter Liggett military training“You train like you fight, training is supposed to be realistic and difficult so we come out here all put all heads together and we come up with plans in real-world scenarios that we may be conducting while we’re out on the water,” Platoon Sgt. Mark Doucette said.During the two-week training mission, the Marines will go through a number of real-world scenarios.On Thursday, the Marines were battling insurgents intent on taking over a government. In the exercise, the Marines were called in to reclaim an airfield and return it to a host nation, while restoring peace and order.The Marines are part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Pendleton and will deploy to sea later this summer. They have to be ready to help in any humanitarian or peace efforts.“We always have a contingency of Marines some place in the world at any given time ready to get something done for the government within 24 hours,” Marine pilot Ryan Heilmann said.

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. —

More than 2,500 U.S. Marines are on the Central Coast training at Fort Hunter Liggett as part of a pre-deployment training before they head out to sea later this summer.

“You train like you fight, training is supposed to be realistic and difficult so we come out here all put all heads together and we come up with plans in real-world scenarios that we may be conducting while we’re out on the water,” Platoon Sgt. Mark Doucette said.

During the two-week training mission, the Marines will go through a number of real-world scenarios.

On Thursday, the Marines were battling insurgents intent on taking over a government. In the exercise, the Marines were called in to reclaim an airfield and return it to a host nation, while restoring peace and order.

The Marines are part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Pendleton and will deploy to sea later this summer. They have to be ready to help in any humanitarian or peace efforts.

“We always have a contingency of Marines some place in the world at any given time ready to get something done for the government within 24 hours,” Marine pilot Ryan Heilmann said.